ILM 2015 Tracks Poll Thread of Ballots, Statistics and Community-wide Anomie

mixed

Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away
Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
DJ Koze - XTC
Roman Flügel - Black Towers

Abra - Roses
Bicep - Just

Call Super - Migrant
CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace ( Four Tet Remix )
Cobblestone Jazz - Northern Lights
Dauwd - Jupiter George
Domenique Dumont - L'Esprit de L'Escalier
Empress Of - How Do You Do It
Fatima Yamaha - What's A Girl To Do ( DJ Haus 4 / 4 Edit )
Fit Siegel - Carmine
Iris - I'll Wait For You
Isolée - Favouride
Laura Groves - Dream Story
Leon Vynehall - Midnight on Rainbow Road
Maceo Plex - Wash Away My Tears
Marina & The Diamonds - I'm a Ruin
Matrixxman - Venetian Mask (Hieroglyphic Being Remix)
New Order - Tutti Frutti
Nicolas Jaar - Fight
Róisín Murphy - House of Glass (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Shura - White Light

>>i think i've had a different neighbor every year, word up michael f. gill
>>― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar...,

Word. We definitely voted for a lot of the same things: Egyptian Bag, I Wanna Know, Favouride, Shuvit, Renee Running. Didn't even realize Mimi Likes 2 Dance was nominated though.

weighted

<b>Tinashe - Player</b>
Rihanna x Sami Baha - Bitch Better Have My Money (Total Freedom edit)
Jeremih - Pass Dat
<b>Kamixlo - Paleta</b>
<b>Fetty Wap ft. Monty - My Way</b>
<b>Lil Durk ft. Dej Loaf - My Beyonce</b>
<b>Busy Signal - #Text Message</b>
<b>Tory Lanez - Say It</b>
<b>Lake Haze - Your Love Nearly Killed Me</b>
<b>Sevyn Streeter - Consistent</b>
<b>Nicki Minaj ft. Beyonce - Feeling Myself</b>
<b>Lil Durk ft. Jeremih - Like Me</b>
<b>Rae Sremmurd - Throw Sum Mo</b>
Janet Jackson - No Sleeep
<b>Jazmine Sullivan - Let it Burn</b>
<b>V. Lynn - Don't (Bryson Tiller) (Female Version)</b>
JME ft. Skepta, Shorty & Frisco - Don't @ Me
<b>Jeremih - Planez</b>
Skepta - Shutdown
<b>Mozzy - Dead and Gone</b>
<b>Tink - Jupiter</b>
<b>Róisín Murphy - House of Glass (Maurice Fulton Remix)</b>
<b>Venus X - Golden Girl
Bobby Brackins ft. Zendaya & Jeremih - My Jam</b>
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen

oops :(

1. Juan Wauters - I'm All Wrong
2. Go! Team - What D'You Say?
3. Niagara - Alagarta
4. Jidenna - Classic Man
5. Magic Words - Summertime
6. Freddie Gibbs - Fuckin' Up the Count
7. Florist - Vacation
8. Deerhunter - Ad Astra
9. Pender Street Steppers - The Glass City
10. Elvis Depressedly - N.M.S.S.
11. Domenique Dumont - Comme Ça
12. Diet Cig - Breathless
13. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
14. The Weeknd - Earned It
15. Alex G - Bug
16. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
17. Fit Siegel - Carmine
18. Adele - Hello
19. Pitbull & Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives
20. Michael Head & the Strands - Poor Jill

0-77, apparently.

my weighted ballot

Belle and Sebastian - Nobody's Empire
Speedy Ortiz - The Graduates
Chairlift - Ch-Ching
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Laura Marling - Gurdjieff's Daughter
Speedy Ortiz - Raising the Skate
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Joanna Newsom - Divers
Destroyer - Times Square
Chairlift - Romeo
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
Purity Ring - Stranger That Earth
Grimes - Kill V. Maim
Jlin ft. Holly Herndon - Expand
Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama
FKA Twigs - Figure 8
CHVRCHES – Never Ending Circles
Dawn Richard - Calypso
Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
Destroyer - Forces From Above
Elle King - Ex's and Oh's
Beach House - PPP

Weighted

Janelle Monáe/Wondaland Records - Hell You Talmbout
Acre Tarn - Lanterns
Susanne Sundfør - Delirious
Heavy-K ft. Nokwazi - Sweetie
Tove Styrke - Ego
Róisín Murphy - House of Glass (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
Ngaiire - Once
Niki & the Dove - Play it on my radio
Marina & The Diamonds - I'm a Ruin
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)
Camp Claude - Blow
Cult Club - All the People
Domenique Dumont - L'Esprit de L'Escalier
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Shura - White Light
Tink - Ratchet Commandments
Kornél Kovács - Pantalón
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Léyya - Superego
Abra - Roses
The Japanese House - Teeth
Brandon Flowers - Can't Deny My Love
Le Pie - Secrets
Monika - Secret in the Dark

I put "Lanterns" at #2 in an attempt to get a shambhala voting block up and running, but only one other person voted for it. :(

Arijit Singh ft. Aditi Singh Sharma - Sooraj Dooba Hain
Dbn Nyts ft. Zinhle Ngidi & Trademark - Shumaya
Brothers Osborne - Stay A Little Longer
Heavy-K ft. Nokwazi - Sweetie
Paul Brandt ft. Jess Moskaluke - I'm an Open Road
Badshah ft. Aastha Gill - DJ Waley Babu
Thomas Rhett - Crash & Burn
Cam - Half Broke Heart
Kiss Daniel - Good Time
Amani - Heartbreaker
Keith Urban - John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
One Direction - Night Changes
Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me
Justin Bieber - Sorry
Lyrikal - Loner
Lula - ห่างไม่ไกล
Rush - Attention
Stormzy - Know Me From
Jeremih - Pass Dat
Fatima Yamaha - What's A Girl To Do (DJ Haus 4/4 Edit)
Demi Lovato – Cool for the Summer
Years & Years - King
Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me

weighted, bold placed.

psyched that others voted for DJ Waley Babu (looks like you are my neighbour for that etc!) & Sooraj Dooba Hain, great songs

hadn't listened to any Kendrick Lamar since Cartoon & Cereal but King Kunta is pretty great.

i love that clemenza voted for fuckin up the count

weighted

Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
Grimes - Flesh without Blood
Colleen Green - Deeper Than Love
Ashley Monroe - If Love Was Fair
Colleen - I'm Kin
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne - Truffle Butter
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Mark Barrott - Bush Society
Vince Staples - Norf Norf
Songhoy Blues – Soubour
Miami Horror - Another Rise, Another Fall
Angel Haze - Moonrise Kingdom
High On Fire - The Falconist
Ariane Moffatt - Debout
Kelela - Rewind
Abra - No Chill
New Order - Tutti Frutti
Hello Seahorse! – Animal
Aces - What Do You Think They'll Say About Me?
Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around
Serebro - Pereputala
For Esme – Just Yet
Etherwood - For A Time I Was You

Aces - What Do You Think They'll Say About Me?

lol I didn't even vote for this because I ran out of room on my ballot (despite nominating it), but I'm glad someone else was into it!

can we do an EP list in 2016? I feel like I heard a lot of really good EPs that worked as a collection of songs that I didn't necessarily think of as "singles" or "tracks"

― boxedjoy, Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:51 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hell yes! So many phenom EPs last year.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:52 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink9

co-sign, this is a good idea. Pazz & Jop had an EPs poll from '81 to '94 and i think we're totally back at the point where there are enough good EPs being made every year that it'd be worth doing.

>>i think i've had a different neighbor every year, word up michael f. gill
>>― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar...,

Word. We definitely voted for a lot of the same things: Egyptian Bag, I Wanna Know, Favouride, Shuvit, Renee Running. Didn't even realize Mimi Likes 2 Dance was nominated though.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, January 21, 2016 8:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

post your ballot!

I'm pretty sure I've seen Ari post here many times.

― Tuomas, Thursday, January 21, 2016 10:53 PM (Yesterday)

Where is he/she usually around?

totally didn't save my ballot

kinda figured monotony was my neighbor

most likely to read complex?

weighted (did not place, sole voter)

[/i]V. Bozeman - Race Jones[/i]
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber - Where Are Ü Now
Brothers Osborne - Stay a Little Longer
Rich Homie Quan - Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)
Kalenna - Space and Time
Years & Years - Shine
Fit Siegel - Carmine
Mark Barrott - Saviours or Savages?
Daphne and Celeste - You and I Alone
Jeremih feat. J. Cole - Planes
Foster - AEIOU
Tove Lo - Talking Body
One Direction - Night Changes
Ryn Weaver - OctaHate
Alessia Cara - Here
Trey Songz - Slow Motion
Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer
Justin Bieber - Sorry
Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé - Feeling Myself
Vince Staples - Norf Norf
Blake Shelton - Sangria
Future feat. Drake - Where Ya At
Phoebe Ryan - Mine

oopz screwed up formatting on first line :(

I think i voted for

Ewan Jansen - Sunset
Henry Hyde - HH01
Tommy Vicari Jnr - Колбаса Апокалипсис Версия
Melchior Production - The Ritual
Aphreme - Think Deeper
Attitudes in Error - Birdzz
Barac - Moment of Clarity
S-Max - Occupying Orange
Binh - Visio
D-Knox - Africa Calling (Titonton Flip)

Bold tracks are the ones that placed

Apparently voting for mostly indie/post-punk stuff will give you chamber pop as your Top Genre. What the fuck?

i think everyones genre is messed up, except for mine
i *clenches fist* frickin love indie r&b

Phoebe Ryan - Mine

― dyl

I almost voted for that but cut it at the last minute

DOG LATIN

weighted ballot
25 votes
In Top 77: 11
Hivemind: 236.96
Fuxxor: 0.05
Antifuxxor: 4,549.63
Populism: 0.58
Loneliness
0.20
Blood Sausage: 34.20
Hotness 0.14
Neighbour: Mercer Finn
Read: Gorilla vs Bear
Genre: Trap Music

1.Korede Bello - Godwin
2. Domenique Dumont - L'Esprit de L'Escalier
3. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
4. Future - Just Like Bruddas
5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy Problems
6. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Sunday Candy
7. AKA ft. Burna Boy, Da Les & Jr. - All Eyes On Me
8. Bicep - Just
9. Carly Rae Jepsen - Let's Get Lost
10. DJ Paypal - Slim Trak
11. Format:B - Chunky
12. Frazey Ford - September Fields
13. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
14. Ricky Blaze ft. Shaggy & Kranium - Overrated
15. Jack Ü ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are Ü Now
16. Miami Horror - Wild Motion (Set It Free)
17. Fay-Ann Lyons - Drift
18. Skepta - Shutdown
19. Young Thug - With That
20. Future - March Madness
21. Stormzy - Know Me From
22. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ - Lean On
23. Mumdance x Novelist - 1 Sec
24. Carly Rae Jepsen - Making the Most of the Night
25. Algiers - Irony. Utility. Pretext

Foster - AEIOU

cut this one from my ballot for no good reason

getting severe regretful pangs seeing other people vote for things i cut indefensibly from my ballot (apart from there being no songs i could plausibly cut from my actual ballot)

Angela Hunte & Machel Montano - Party Done
Anohni - 4 Degrees
Kiss Daniel - Good Time
Vybz Kartel ft. Konshens, Spice & Tussan - Dancehall (Remix)
Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih - Somebody
Maliibu N Helene - Figure 8
Rush - Attention
Tekno - Duro
Spice - Needle Eye Pum Pum
DJ Sprinkles & Mark Fell - Fresh
CamelPhat ft. A*M*E - Paradigm (Amtrac Temptation Mix)
Young Thug - Pacifier
Dexta Daps - 7Eleven
Selena Gomez - Good For You
Bobby Brackins ft. Zendaya & Jeremih - My Jam
Kalenna - Space and Time

can't believe i didn't vote for pacifier. what was i thinking?

Is it possible to get my ballot sent to me, poll gods?

my ballot

1. Stormzy - Know Me From
2. Colleen Green - TV
3. Beach Slang - Too Late To Die Young
4. Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
5. JME ft. Skepta, Shorty & Frisco - Don't @ Me
6. Carly Rae Jepsen - When I Needed You
7. Skepta - Shutdown
8. Stormzy - Shut Up
9. Destroyer - Times Square
10. The Mountain Goats - The Legend of Chavo Guerrero
11. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
12. David Bowie - Blackstar
13. Miguel - Leaves
14. Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan
15. Years & Years - Shine
16. Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin
17. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
18. The 1975 – Love Me
19. Mumdance x Novelist - 1 Sec
20. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
21. Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate
22. CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace
23. Bill Baird - Ken Burns Says Jazz 3 Billion Times Actually 2.97 Bn In Under 3.5 Minutes
24. M.I.A. - Borders
25. Very Fresh - Clean Touch

my ballot 1-4 then unweighted

Skepta - Shutdown
Dizzee Rascal ft. Giggs - Nutcrackerz
Rae Sremmurd - This Could Be Us
Moony - Fire Man

Amber - Shake That Brass
Champion ft. Teresa - Red Light
DEV - Honey Dip
DJ S.K.T ft. Rae - Take Me Away
Etienne de Crecy ft. Madeline Follin -You (Todd Edwards Remix)
Gucci Mane ft. Young Thug,Khrome 1,Young A - Shotas & Rostas
Kehlani ft.Lexii Alijai - Jealous
Kero Kero Bonito - Picture This
Kid Ink ft. Trey Songz - About Mine
Lady Leshurr - Queen's Speech 4
Lucky Charmes ft. Wiley - Skank (Skank Out) (DJ Q Remix)
Mello Music Group ft. Open Mike Eagle and Exile - Dark Comedy Late Show
Red Velvet - Ice Cream Cake
Rich Homie Quan - Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)
Scales ft. Zack Knight - Green Eyes
Skeme - Red Carpet (Roll Out)
Tahiti - Phone Number
Tchami ft. AC Slater & Kaleem Taylor - Missing You
trc ft. princess nyah - butterflies (dj q remix)
Vince Staples ft. Snoh Aalegra - Jump Off The Roof
Young Thug - Mine

don't know who Voodle Nague is but I have no memory of voting in the tracks poll

all about Albums by Bands

Music

Mixed ballot. Bold = placed in Top 77.

Weighted:
Songhoy Blues – Soubour (107)
Kamasi Washington – Re Run Home (81)
Field Music – The Noisy Days Are Over (519, sole voter)
Jamie xx – Loud Places (ft Romy) (109)
Father John Misty – The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt. (578, sole voter)
Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta (3)
CHVRCHES – Clearest Blue (43)
Floating Points – Silhouettes (I, II & III) (74)
Holly Herndon – Morning Sun (272)
Insanlar – Kime Ne (Ricardo Villalobos Mix 1) (44)
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Sunday Candy (9)
Jenny Hval – That Battle Is Over (241)
CHVRCHES – Leave A Trace (Four Tet Remix) (25)
Thundercat – Them Changes (ft Flying Lotus & Kamasi Washington) (75)

Unweighted:
Simon Fisher Turner – Shishapangma (Sprinkles' Deeperama) (416)
Ashley Monroe – Bombshell (1022, sole voter)
Roisin Murphy – House of Glass (125)
Anneli Drecker – Circulating Light (1022, sole voter)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Necessary Evil (1022, sole voter)
Everything Everything – No Reptiles (1022, sole voter)
Julia Holter – Feel You (23)
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique – Love Is Free (615)
Ibeyi – Exhibit Diaz (1022, sole voter)
St Germain – Real Blues (710)
Mike Garry & Joe Duddell – St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H Wilson (1022, sole voter)

hoping the votes for various angel haze and abra trax here bode well for the albums poll

weighted

Dej Loaf ft. Big Sean - Back Up
Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
Future - Real Sisters
Drake - Back to Back
Miguel - Leaves
two-9 - did it
Post Malone - White Iverson
Lana Del Rey - Freak
Angel Haze - Moonrise Kingdom
Lil wayne - He's Dead
Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer
French Montana - body numb full of drugs
Future - News or Somethin
Juicy J ft. Wiz Khalifa - Whole Thang
Angel Haze - Bruises
sarah cracknel - hearts are for breaking
Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money
sarah cracknel ft. nicky wire - nothing left to talk about
Omarion ft. BJ the Kid - Game Over
Tate Kobang - Bank Rolls (Remix)
Freddie gibbs - white range
bobby raps & corbin - welcome to the hell zone
Little Boots - desire
Ellie Goulding - We can't move to this
Troy Ave - She Belong to the Game

Omarion ft. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko - Post To Be
Olamide - Melo Melo
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Got7 - Just Right
Lim Kim - Awoo
Sufjan Stevens- Should Have Known Better
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Big Bang - Loser
Olamide - Bobo
Braids - Miniskirt
grimes - butterfly
Miguel - Coffee
Ty Dolla $ign - Solid
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
OMI - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
Timaya ft. Destra - Sanko (Remix)
Fetty Wap ft. Monty - My Way
Arijit Singh ft. Aditi Singh Sharma - Sooraj Dooba Hain
DJ Kent - Don't Let Go
Grimes - Flesh without Blood
Patoranking ft. Wande Coal - My Woman, My Everything
Badshah ft. Aastha Gill - DJ Waley Babu
Drake - Hotline Bling
Post Malone - White Iverson
Young Thug ft. Birdman - Constantly Hating

Threw it together way too fast, and a lot of what I'd thought I'd vote for I ended up forgetting to nominate... I'm not good at guessing what's popular on here, thought for sure Post to Be would place, and that Bobo had a pretty good chance as well. Knew that Melo Melo had no chance.

you thought for sure a Chris Brown joint would place?

Hm... yeah I see you're point...

I wish Id voted for Post to Be...I kept hearing that 'groceries' line everywhere, with no idea that it was Jhene...

psssh rasheeda did the groceries line first and better

(i do like "post to be")

Tim F's ballot (hope it's ok to post it here):

Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
KING - The Greatest
The 1975 – Ugh!
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Hercules & Love Affair - Do You Feel The Same (Todd Terry Remix)
Demi Lovato – Cool for the Summer
Young Thug - Pacifier
Bicep - Celeste
J Hus - Dem Boy Paigon
Years & Years - King
Miguel - Coffee
Krystal Klear ft. Yasmin - One Night Only
Spice - Back Bend
Lauren Mason - Ghosts
Yemi Alade ft. Mugeez - Pose
Nicki Minaj ft. Beyonce - Feeling Myself
Red Velvet - Dumb Dumb
Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money
Vybz Kartel ft. Konshens, Spice & Tussan - Dancehall (Remix)
Skales - Je Kan Mo
Floating Points - Nuits Sonores
Lindstrøm & Grace Hall - Home Tonight
Ciara - Dance Like We're Making Love
Étienne de Crécy ft. Madeline Follin - You (Todd Edwards Remix)

Not that it wouldve affected a damn thing, but tracks I wish i'd thought about voting for:

Errorsmith & Mark Fell - Protogravity
Nick Hoppner - Come Closer

i limited myself to 20 tracks and did the same for albums; i certainly could've done more but I was wrapped up doing the collation of other lists and I didn't want to think too seriously on something that will shift a hundred times over the upcoming year as I listen to more from 2015... Lord knows, my revamped 2014 ballot would look totally different from what I sent in then!

TRACKS
D.R.A.M. - Cha Cha
3 Winan Brothers and The Clark Sisters - Dance (Louis Vega Dance Ritual Mix)
Fetty Wap - No Days Off
Future - Fuck Up Some Commas
LION BABE - Wonder Woman (Joel Compass Remix)
Miguel - Coffee
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)
Sevyn Streeter - 4th Street
iNSANLAR - Kime Ne
Erykah Badu and Andre 3000 - Hello
Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band - Landmarks (came out last year but impact for me in this one)
Busy Signal - #Text Message
YG - Twist My Fingaz
Rich Homie Quan - Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)
ilovememphis - Hit the Quan
Lim Kim - Awoo
Jack Ü ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are Ü Now
Jeremih - Pass Dat
Victor Manuelle - Que Suenen los Tambores
Jamie xx ft. Young Thug & Popcaan - I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)

psst sean could you post my ballot too

thank u

speaking to the lex's album vs. singles concerns up thread: what constitutes a strong single in my mind is different than what constitutes a continuous album. For a single, I was condensed and overwhelming emotion that I can unleash in case of emergency; with an album i need sequencing and diversity and continuous answering of the "what's next?" question. I don't know that saying albums are more difficult/more inherently meaningful than singles is right... they're different goals. It's like comparing raising a child or starting a business; there's different levels of commitment and skills at play but they both take work and artistry.
Secondarily, there's so much music out there that if I allowed overlap of my album list to my singles, I would lose the ability to look at songs that really really impacted me (hit the quan or que suenen los tambores or kime ne or landmarks for examples) without context. I love getting blindsided by an isolated song and being caught up without any sense of background or oeuvre. It's not the ONLY way I can fully embrace a single song but it's certainly one of the more exhilarating.

this is all completely insane to me but fair enough

There is a simple solution to this:

1. list your top X songs that impacted you in isolation; BOOM there is your tracks ballot
2. list your top x albums that impacted you as discrete musical units; BOOM there is your albums ballot
3. if there's any overlap, shrug and send that shit in anyway

like, limiting myself to one slot per artist per ballot felt like an onerous sacrifice, limiting myself to one slot per artist in total would have been completely unthinkable

i don't need voting purity to appreciate individual songs more but then our listening habits are possibly very different

i just vote for my favourite tracks and my favourite albums. i dispute lex's claim that this approach produces similar results in the two polls any more than keeping the two separate would, at least assuming we have diverse tastes

it is possible to both listen to albums as albums and also pick out individual songs and listen to them as songs

dan otm basically

my ballot:

U.S. Girls - Sororal Feelings
Of Montreal - Empyrean Abbattoir
Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama
David Bowie - Blackstar
Death Grips - Why a Bitch Gotta Lie
Aphex Twin - diskhat1
Grimes - Realiti (Demo)
Destroyer - Times Square
Kendrick Lamar - Wesley’s Theory
Lana Del Rey - Terrance Loves You
Beck - Dreams
Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers

I always just kind of throw something together in 5 minutes and as usual looking back on my ballot realize that some weird choices were made. I stand by my top 4 though.

I had 4 Kendrick songs on my tracks ballot because I listened to them a ton independently of the album; I ranked them in the order of frequency that I listened to them. There was no way any of them were not going to be on my ballot; in fact, if I was doing it over I would probably put a few more Kendrick songs on it because I spent a lot of time popping into that album in random spots and grooving on isolated songs, almost as much as I did playing it front to back. (Aside from possibly the Marriages album, nothing else I listened to this past year came close to receiving the same number of spins.) Dumping those tracks in the name of showing off my breadth and diversity of taste would not be a true representation of the music I spent the last year digging and it always baffles me when I see people chime in during the tracks rollout with "oh I love this song, heard it so many times, played it constantly, I took it off my ballot so I could include this K-pop song I found out about last week"